Well its his fault if he does nothing and just dies, but there needs to be communication. It's all a game of you learning to play with each other and learning when you/they will be fine. Alto if you have said that he shouldn't use anything before you say so it will be you fault i guess (since he/she will be relying on you keeping them up )

I think every team works differently... but as a dps I find it tremendously helpful when my healer tells me I need to go defensive because he is in CC. I can then chose how to go defensive, whether it's getting out of LOS/kiting/shield wall/DBTS.

I do feel the ideal situation is for the healer to call defensive CD's that way you aren't going to use 2 defensive CD's from the team at once. Having said that the DPS should know when he's in trouble and be asking do u want me to pop a defensive.

You should also make sure to know in advance what cooldowns your team is going to use when they next take big damage. Communicate to your team something like "You trinket the next deep freeze so I can save my trinket", or "I'm going to use Spirit Link before the next trap, don't use anything else".

You should also make sure to know in advance what cooldowns your team is going to use when they next take big damage. Communicate to your team something like "You trinket the next deep freeze so I can save my trinket", or "I'm going to use Spirit Link before the next trap, don't use anything else".

Ye this , it just comes down to what the others have said to communication

You should also make sure to know in advance what cooldowns your team is going to use when they next take big damage. Communicate to your team something like "You trinket the next deep freeze so I can save my trinket", or "I'm going to use Spirit Link before the next trap, don't use anything else".